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Politics and Wonderland

Politics and Wonderland

With election season in full swing, the word “caucus” has become ubiquitous in the news.  I first learned the word when I read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, many, many years ago. ‘What I was going to say,’ said the Dodo in

jamie February 23, 2016 just for fun, personal, political, word of the day No Comments Read more

quote for the day, plus

I actually spotted this one myself, several years ago: “Absolutely NO Stairway.” –Sign at a guitar display in a Costco store And yes, after getting thoroughly hooked on it a couple months back at a friend’s house, Joe and I

jamie December 4, 2007April 26, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

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A revisit, for this Veterans/Armistice/Remembrance Day: (yes, I know it was actually yesterday, but there are still plenty of observances going on today, so …) “Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives. You are now living in

jamie November 12, 2007May 5, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

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“We have cats the way most people have mice.” –James Thurber I’ve always loved cats, and when Joe and I moved to a place where we could have a cat, a decade ago when we came to Oregon, we had

jamie November 6, 2007April 26, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

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“People do not deserve good writing, they are so pleased with bad.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson Seems like this quote, which illustrates one of the things the union is up against, is about as close as I can get, for the

jamie November 4, 2007April 26, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

You Tell ‘Em, George

I’m not exactly a fan of George Will; the vast majority of the time his political views are widely divergent from mine. But you know the saying about even a broken clock being right twice a day? I think this

jamie October 8, 2007May 5, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

quote for the day, and an invitation

“If you dig it, do it. And if you really dig it, do it twice.” –Jim Croce ========== Somewhere around seven years ago, give or take, I was really impressed with the idea of message boards. Several of my friends

jamie October 2, 2007May 5, 2008 announcements No Comments Read more

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“Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.” — Carl G. Jung And here’s a bonus, from a great Republican president (who could teach a few things to the current occupant of the office): “In most

jamie April 28, 2006May 5, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

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This one’s brand spanking new, just overheard coming from the cube across the aisle: “It’s not a bug, it’s a methodology limitation.” I love my job …

jamie April 13, 2006May 5, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

quotes for the day, and cheery news!

Today you get a hat-trick … I have been posting these in the order in which they appear in my quotation collection page, part of my personal homepages. But the three which appear today are all appropriate to the feeling

jamie March 31, 2006May 5, 2008 announcements No Comments Read more
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